Land and Water
A type of natural feature that was caused by melting glaciers.
Possible Answers: What is flat land, lakes, caves, marshes, and swamps
The region that the Indiana Sand Dunes are found.
What is Northern Lakes and Plains.
Which countries were Indiana's top trading partners?
Canada and Mexico
What are sister cities?
They work together as friends to understand each other's culture.
What effect does a lake, such as Lake Michigan, have on the nearby climate?
The lake stays warm after summer and heats the air in the fall. The lake stays cold after winter and cools the air in the spring.
Why is most of Indiana's fertile farmland found in the northern two thirds of the state?
What is glaciers covered this area during the Ice Age.
The region of Indiana that is famous for many limestone caves.
What is the Southern Lowlands.
Which water feature connects Indiana to Canada for trade?
Lake Michigan
Steps within the hydrologic cycle (water cycle).
evaporation, condensation, precipitation
What are the natural resources that brought industries to Gary, Indiana?
Lake Michigan, coal, and lime stone
Features in Indiana's hydrosphere.
What is lakes, rivers, and streams.
The region of Indiana that grows most of the state's corn.
What is the Central Till Plain.
What are Indiana's two main exports?
vehicle (vehicle parts) and pharmaceutical products (medicine)
Lithosphere
the soil and rock that forms Earth's surface
What Indiana Feature forms the southern boundary of the state?
What is the Ohio River.
Features in Indiana's lithosphere.
Possible Answers: What are flat plains, hills, valleys, forests, beaches, caves, and sand dunes.
Why does southern Indiana have higher average temperatures in winter than northern Indiana?
Southern Indiana is closer to the equator.
Which of Indiana's exports have caused its trade with China to increase?
Possible answers: meat, coal, and steel
Biosphere
all of the plants and animals living on Earth's surface
What river might be used as a waterway to ship items from Indiana to the Gulf of Mexico?
Possible Answers: White River, Wabash River, Ohio River